So here’s how the final voting put things.
First Team
Sam Clancy, F, 1977-81
Don Hennon, G, 1956-59
Billy Knight, F, 1971-74
Jerome Lane, F, 1985-88
Charles Smith, C, 1984-88
Second Team
Curtis Aiken, G, 1983-87
Vonteego Cummings, G, 1995-99
Sean Miller, G, 1987-92
Julius Page, G, 2000-04
Clyde Vaughan, F, 1980-84
Third Team
Larry Harris, F, 1974-78
Brandin Knight, G, 1999-03
Carl Krauser, G, 2002-06
Brian Shorter, F, 1988-91
Chevon Troutman, F, 2001-05
Here’s how I put it. I had 80% (12-15). I’m okay with Curtis Aiken over Demetreus Gore, and I suspect my own bias led to me picking Ricardo Greer over Vonteego Cummings. I’m glad Vaughan was included despite the incident up in Connecticut leading to his resignation as an assistant at UConn.
The only omission that causes me to have a serious objection to is Charles Hyatt. I realize Hyatt was way in the past, but seriously: He was the star on the teams that won national championships in 1927-28 and 1929-30 — he also led the nation in scoring in those years. A 3-time All-American and National Player of the Year in 1929-30. Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959.
That’s when there is an overrule and you make sure Hyatt is included. You bump Troutman off the list. As much as I favored Troutman when he was at Pitt, from a historical sense there is no way or excuse to exclude Hyatt.